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Chapter 14 |
| 1 | Him that is
weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. |
| 2 | For
one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth
herbs. |
| 3 |
Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let
not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath received
him. |
| 4 |
Who art thou that judgest another man's servant? to his own
master he standeth or falleth. Yea, he shall be holden up: for God is able to
make him stand. |
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5 | One man esteemeth one day above another: another
esteemeth every day alike. Let every man be fully persuaded in his own
mind. |
| 6 |
He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord; and he
that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth,
eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, to the
Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks. |
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7 | For none of us liveth to
himself, and no man dieth to himself. |
| 8 | For whether we live, we live
unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live
therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. |
| 9 | For to this end Christ both
died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and
living. |
| 10
| But why dost thou judge thy brother? or why dost thou set
at nought thy brother? for we shall all stand before the judgment seat of
Christ. |
| 11
| For it is written, As I live, saith the Lord, every knee
shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. |
| 12 | So then
every one of us shall give account of himself to God. |
| 13 | Let us not
therefore judge one another any more: but judge this rather, that no man put a
stumblingblock or an occasion to fall in his brother's way. |
| 14 | I know,
and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself:
but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
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| 15 | But if thy brother be grieved with thy meat, now walkest thou not
charitably. Destroy not him with thy meat, for whom Christ died. |
| 16 |
Let not then your good be evil spoken of: |
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17 | For the kingdom of God is
not meat and drink; but righteousness, and peace, and joy in the Holy
Ghost. |
| 18
| For he that in these things serveth Christ is acceptable
to God, and approved of men. |
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19 | Let us therefore follow after the
things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.
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| 20 | For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure; but it
is evil for that man who eateth with offence. |
| 21 | It is good
neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother
stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak. |
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22 | Hast thou faith? have
it to thyself before God. Happy is he that condemneth not himself in that thing
which he alloweth. |
| 23 | And he that doubteth is damned if he eat,
because he eateth not of faith: for whatsoever is not of faith is sin. |
